California plots return of 7.5 million acres of land and coastal waters to Indigenous tribes

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California is making waves with a jaw-dropping plan to settle a 175-year-old score — handing back a staggering 7.5 million acres of land and coastal waters to Native tribes. That’s 7% of the Golden State — and not by accident. It matches exactly what the federal government promised indigenous tribes back in the 1850s, before quietly backing out . When California became a state in 1850, officials signed 18 treaties setting aside millions of acres for tribal reservations. Congress killed the

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